Below, find tutorials for different methods of drying flowers, whether you opt to use silica gel or press flowers with heavy books. Air-drying This popular drying technique involves hanging flowers ...

Flowers are a wonderful addition to any home. If you want to preserve a special bouquet for posterity, you can dry your favourite blooms to feature as a permanent fixture in your home. There are ...

Drying flowers is a simple and fun way to create keepsakes from special bouquets, corsages, or flowers from your own garden. It’s actually super-easy to do, and you’ll love the results! You can use ...

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Learning how to press flowers is not as difficult as you might think. The technique makes an ephemeral beauty eternal by flattening the daisies, pansies, violets, and wildflowers that color your ...

When oakleaf hydrangea flower clusters fade to pink and green, it’s time to capture that color, freezing it beyond fall’s frost. At Bartram’s Garden, volunteers cut these pink and green flowers, ...

I love always having a jar full of fresh flowers in my space, from fluffy hydrangeas to delicate peonies to fiery birds of paradise—especially when they’re snipped from my family’s garden. Alas, these ...

Here's how to dry flowers so they will retain their beauty: • Choose flowers that are in early or full bloom. • Gather flowers in small bunches -- no more than 1 inch in diameter. Flowers gathered in ...

I often leave flowers too long in their vase, loving them as they dry and dessicate, but maybe the time has come to learn how to dry them at their peak, so they’ll last longer and keep their colour. I ...

The hashtag #driedflowers has more than a million posts on Instagram and a hobby that was once firmly the preserve of OAPs is very much back in fashion, it seems. This Morning presenter and DIY expert ...